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‘Catfish Billy’ is a nickname of Yelawolf’s, basically serving as an alter ego. He said it was a name that was given to him that has just stuck, but that is only what the Internet says.
He did delicate a song to his catfish ego.
He notably has a catfish tattooed on his arm, dedicated to his nickname.
You need a propeller, man
Cellophane, sell a gram Yelawolf (Ft. Juelz Santana) – Mixin' Up The Medicine (Remix)
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Cellophane is a bag which you use to carry things in, which in this case a drug, a gram of this drug. The slang for them is generally ‘sappy bags.’.
Cellophane is also found at the end of a pack of cigarettes. Often used when you have nothing else
His drug is that good of quality, that you need a propeller to chop it up. Strong drugs mean good-quality drugs. As it is cooked thought it’s most likely crack, or meth.
Spinning like a ceiling fan
Hotter than I've ever been Yelawolf (Ft. Juelz Santana) – Mixin' Up The Medicine (Remix)
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Yelawolf is feeling the side effects of both, Moonshine and Mescaline. Since Yelawolf is hallucinating, stripe walls are a very common thing, and since Yelawolf was drinking Moonshine and now is starting to spin, it is a sign he has drunk enough. Both could make you hot, but they are probably both making him hot.
Tripping on the mescaline
Moonshine in the bottle Yelawolf (Ft. Juelz Santana) – Mixin' Up The Medicine (Remix)
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Yelawolf has used a Synecdoche here, with Medicine, which is some drug.
Mescaline is a drug, similar to LSD & magic mushrooms. It makes you hallucinate. You extract it from Peyote cactus.
Moonshine is a very strong alcohol, that is made where Yelaowlf is from.
You really shouldn’t be cooking meth why you are hallucinating, and drinking Moonshine – you could blow up.
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The crowd gets charged, I speed it up Eric B. & Rakim – Pass the Hand Grenade
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Rakim is an emcee. He moves the crowd. He give’s the crowd what they want, to please them. That’s why if they get warm, he heats it up. It’s a metaphor for their enjoyment.
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To still be around rapping over 20 years is a miracle. That people still care about him, and he hasn’t died in this game.
Than make a million dollars spitting rhymes for the devil
We're not coming here to dance, me come to MC KRS-One – True School
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Krs One would never sell out, unlike a lot of other rappers he has love for hip-hop. He is an MC not a B-Boy, so all he does is rap and move the crowd — not dance. These types of sellout rappers generally tend to make dances along with their singles to get a lot of publicity.
Some say I'm arrogant and egotistical and cocky
Cause when I flow they know they can't stop me KRS-One – True School
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Krs one has used a simile here.
You guessed it. Muhhuand Ali is known to a lot of people as the greatest boxer of all time. He also was arrogant, egotistical and cocky. While Krs One flows great over a beat, Muhammad punches flow smoothly, and get him that knockout victory every time he smells blood.
So Krs One has compared him to Muhhamd and his boxing, with his rapping.
Cops wanna stress cause I'm hip hop KRS-One – True School
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Hip-Hop is a lifestyle, lifestyle of anything that involves graffiti, dj-ing, emceeing, and b-boying That’s that street life, a lot of fashion came from hip-hop, and rappers made famous, even the slang word ‘fresh’. Police lifestyle and hip-hop don’t always go hand in hand, and it’s easy to see why:
